Russia - threadbanned users in OP

As an act, it is beyond the pale.

It is deliberate nuclear proliferation outside of all international convention and in the course of a War.

It ought to give NATO the right to act in any way it pleases, but the first step is the UN Security Council. Russia need to be nailed to the wall by every right thinking nation and frankly, it will be the time to see the colour of the money of China, India, South Africa and others.

There is no qualification of nuclear weapon proliferation. Either these Countries demonstrate that they are against it, or by their inactions they show that they are for it. And for that they must face consequences.

In and of itself, its just another massive strategic misstep by Russia, in a litany of strategic missteps. And Putin will burn for it.

It's been on the cards for months, it's nothing new unfortunately , along with the permanent deployment of Russian troops to Belarus,

As it stands Belarus is currently under occupation and on the road to being reabsorbed into the mother Russias arms and the population of Belarus have zero say in the whole **** show

Things are not going well for Russia if they are raising the nuclear threat.

This is such a bad take on the situation.

Putin waving the nuclear card isn't a sign of strength - it's a sign of desperation.

Exactly.

And desperate people do dangerous things

No you didn't.

You said Crimea would be liberated much earlier than that.

If Putin starts firing nukes, his relationship with China and India is over.

Moscow Mick probably thinks Siberia is Courtown.

This is the collective history of Eastern European countries under Russian occupation.

True. Lots of folks sometimes forget about Russia's little enclave. There are daily flights of Il76's in and out of it's airports and they're not carrying fruit, I can tell you.

In 2018, Russia finished revamping it's Nuclear Warhead Storage facility

Also, it's primary, over-the-horizon radar station at Pionersky has been causing all sorts of interference with GPS navigation in the Baltics and with the 5G networking Lithuania, Poland, Latvia etc.

Built in 2012, it has only reached full operational capacity over the last few years. You can find it just west of Kaliningrad city at the old Dunayeskiy Airport, as shown below.

But the way, the interference with aircraft tracking and reporting, such as ADS-B in and out, is quite serious as more and more countries move away from relying on primary radar for ATC separation and tracking.

For example, Ireland, believe it or not, has no primary radar. In other words, if I take my little C42 up from the little airport I use, but neglect to switch on my transponder, Shannon Control ( my 1st point of contact) have no way of knowing that I am airborne. They have to rely on the UK primary radar for that. ( plus, I'll be having a stern conversation with someone in the IAA....)

However, this aircraft type, because of weight, is not technically required to carry an ads-B Out unit but we have one anyway, because the airfield is just outside the EIKN controlled airspace. It's used on most of the aircraft and switched on just before taxiing. We will therefore show up on both the ATC screens and the TCAS systems of any inbound commercial flights.

Generally, we stay clear of Knock and instead annoy the good people of Sligo as the noisy Rotax wakes folk up from their Sunday slumber.

In fact, I'm heading off soon! Tally-ho chaps!

"Russia was forced to do it..."

Worth pointing out that this same kind of gaslighting tactic is used by people to justify hitting their spouse, significant other or family member.